Date: 7 May 2000
For Immediate Release:

SCCA ProRally - Round #3 - Rim of the World - Preliminary Results

Scheible wins his first, Lahm makes it a Mitsubishi 1-2

At 1:00 PM Pacific Time this afternoon a reconstituted group of 36 cars were at the Day Two restart of the SCCA Rim of the World ProRally, with the strongest manufacturer field in a decade heading to the Angeles National Forest to test each other in a genuine survival of the fittest.

Key Notes:

• The rally started its second day at the headquarters Hotel, following an extended Parc Expose. During the Parc, the organizers hosted a fund-raising RallyCross event for local charities, offering rides in the rally cars to the fans; there were plenty of takers, with the MFG Championship Mitsubishi Lancers and Subaru Imprezas high on the 'preferred' list.
• As the afternoon turned to night the running order began to really move around, with multiple suspension problems plaguing front-runners and ClubRally entrants alike. The remaining factory Hyundai (#2, Choiniere) had a rear suspension failure in SS9, but, like the proverbial cat with nine lives, was able to get to service and effect repairs in time for SS10.
• Eric Eaton, the newcomer who had a great day one, had an even better day two, running as high as 2nd overall, falling back to 5th due to a puncture in SS12.
• Ralph Kosmides, in the Toyota Supra, made up 11 of the 14 minutes he lost last night - a remarkable achievement on the rough roads Day 2 presented, but not enough to gain back position. "Carl [Jardevall, #39] ran a brilliant race all day. I really, really hate that his car gave up on him. He deserved the win."
• And finally, 1999 Production class champion Karl Scheible, with co-driver Russ Hughes, achieved the win they have been striving for with an overall win for Mitsubishi, and big boost to the teams drivers and co-drivers championship points, and the first overall win for an FIA Group N car in the United States.

Peter Lahm: "What a run back and forth between us! We had some road points to deal with, so we really ran hard at the end to be sure. To finish Rim twice in a row, both times on the podium, is twice the honor."

Eric Eaton: "After the tough day at Oregon Trail, we knew our day was going to come - it had to. When I found out we were in 2nd overall, I really thought , wow, this is it. That flat on SS12 did us in though. Maybe we should have pressed on. But really, we did ok. I know now we can run there. A good day."

Patrick Richard: (#162 Subaru) "Today was a good day. I'm finding that I'm better on day two of these events, and even though we had two punctures and a bent A-arm today, we were able to keep pace. I got a case of Kodak Courage when I saw the Speedvision helicopter, and really launched the Impreza on a jump - that landing though was our 2nd puncture, which probably cost us the podium. I hope the video is good!"

Noel Lawler: (#1 Hyundai, retired Day 1) "I'll tell you this much: Stage 1 and 2 at Susquehannock Trail [round #4 in June] is going to be an F1 race, that's for sure."

SCCAŽ Rim of the World ProRallysm Championship Round #3
May 5- 6, 2000

Day Two Preliminary Finishing Order (unofficial - subject to revision)

OA  Car#  Drivers Name       Co-Drivers Name Class   Year    Make        Model         Elapsed time
1   61    Karl Scheible      Russ Hughes     FIA-N     98    Mitsubishi  Lancer Evo V  2:35.40
2   10    Peter Lahm         Matt Chester    Open      95    Mitsubishi  Lancer Evo IV 2:37.30
3   20    George Plsek       Renn Phillips   Open      90    Audi        S2 quattro    2:39.29
4   162   Patrick Richard    Ben Bradley     PGT       98    Subaru      Impreza 2.5RS 2:40.37
5   260   Eric Eaton         Kenny Almquist  Open      88    Mazda       323GTX        2:42.29
6   345   Thomas Liljeqvist  Roine Andersson G5        81    Volvo       240           2:42.52
7   351   Jay Streets        Bill Feyling    G2        85    Toyota      Corolla       2:43.15
8   68    Doug Robinson      Sue Robinson    Open      89    Mazda       323GTX        2:45.03
9   258   Doug Schrenk       Rob Walden      G5        96    SAAB        900           2:47.17
10  95    Tony Chavez        Eddie Cardenas  Open      91    Mitsubishi  Galant VR-4   2:49.27
11  2     Paul Choiniere     Jeff Becker     Open      00    Hyundai     Tiburon       2:51.38
12  35    Lee Shadbolt       Bob Sherman     Open      97    Subaru      Impreza       2:57.20
13  110   Mark Nelson        John Dillon     FIA N     97    Mitsubishi  Lancer Evo IV 3:11.22
14  25    Gerry Valentini    Lee Sorenson    G5        82    Mazda       RX-7          3:11.35
15  5     Ralph Kosmides     Ken Cassidy     G5        96    Toyota      Supra Turbo   3:14.52

Retirements - Day One
Car #   Drivers Name    Co-Drivers Name     Class   Year    Make    stage   Retirement cause
                                                                            (unofficial)
                   
28      Bill Malik      Christian Edstrom   G2        80    Volvo   SS2     transmission
222*    Jon Tabor       Kevin Poirier       P         92    Nissan  SS2     accident
35      Paul Eklund     Scott Huhn          Open      95    Subaru  SS3     Engine cooling and 
                                                                              electrical
1       Noel Lawler     Charles Bradley     Open      00    Hyundai SS4     alternator
358*    Matt Sweeney    Lucinda Strub       G2        82    Toyota  SS4     engine
377*    Sean McKenna    Neal Kiley          PGT       91    Eagle   SS4     accident
101     Mark Brown      Ole Holter          G2        88    Toyota  SS5     Rear suspension
4       Garen Shrader   Doc Shrader         Open      97    Mitsub  SS6     High-centered on 
                                                                              berm, time-barred
323*    Paul Timmerman  Suzanne Martin      Open      89    Mazda   transit Wheel bearing
365*    Nick Taylor     Josh Armbruster     G2        76    Toyota      
372*    Sean Otto       Jason Lane          G2              Mazda       
                            
Retirements - Day Two                     
97      Paul Dubinsky   Yvon Dubinsky       PGT       94    Eagle   SS8     Mechanical
361     Steve Westwood  Alex Gelsomino      G2              VW      SS8     Engine management
367     Richard Byford  Fran Olson          G2        70    BMW     SS9     Steering
39      Carl Jardevall  Amity Trowbridge    G5        83    Volvo   SS9     Suspension
373     Rey Laureano    Joshua Bressem      G2        81    Toyota  SS10    Punctures
165     Dennis Chizma   Claire Chizma       P         73    Porsche SS10    Suspension
9       Lauchlin O'Sullivan Mark Tabor      PGT       91    Mitsub  SS11    Clutch
188     Andrew Havas    Tom Bier            G5        79    Mazda   SS11    High centered on 
                                                                              berm, time-barred
389     George Scott    Jay Meridith        P         98    Ford    SS11    Fuel pump
28      Bill Malik      Eric Tremblay       G2        79    Volvo   SS13    Mechanical

*cars marked with * were allowed to restart rally on day two, but were unable to do so.

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